What does the word vacate mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

Usage examples for vacate

Itwasdecided
to
vacatethehousein
Tedworth
Squareandgo
to
Switzerland
for
thesummer.
– Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009